- Best innovation in digital storytelling – sponsored by Google News Initiative
RNZ and Vanishing Point Studio – Game Change: NZ’s burgeoning video game industry
Stuff – Aotearoa in 20
Stuff Circuit/Stuff – Emma
The Spinoff with Hex Work Productions and Vanishing Point Studio – 100 Year Forecast
The Spinoff with Toby Morris and Dr Siouxsie Wiles – Break the chain
TVNZ and Vanishing Point Studio – Answers Under the Ice
- Best podcast – episodic/recurrent
Newshub Nation/Discovery NZ – Supplementary Question
Nanogirl Labs Ltd/RNZ – Nanogirl’s Great Science Adventures
RNZ – Black Sheep - Best podcast – narrative/serial
Bird of Paradise and RNZ – Getting Better – A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Bird of Paradise and RNZ – The Service
The Spinoff – Coming Home - News App of the Year – sponsored by Huawei
NZ Herald App/NZME
Stuff App/Stuff Ltd
The Eastern Bay App - News Website of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
nzherald.co.nz/NZME
RNZ.co.nz
stuff.co.nz/Stuff
thespinoff.co.nz
- Best feature writing – general
Naomi Arnold | New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media – Wildfire
Steve Braunias | NZ Herald/NZME – My monster who died in a ditch
Greg Bruce | Canvas, NZ Herald/NZME – Goodwill hunting
Jehan Casinader | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff – Not Out
Dana Johannsen | Stuff – The Mystery of Mrs Muir
- Best feature writing – crime and justice
Guyon Espiner | RNZ – Gassed in their cells, begging for food at Auckland Women’s Prison
Aaron Smale | newsroom.co.nz – Abuse, torture and a deep state campaign of denial
Mike White | North & South/Bauer Media – Anatomy of a Scandal: 20 Years of Lies, Cover-ups, Incompetence and Shonky Science
- Best feature writing – social issues, including health and education
Isaac Davison | NZ Herald/NZME – Dilworth School sex abuse investigation
Nicholas Jones | NZ Herald/NZME – Covid and the korowai
Florence Kerr | Stuff – Tame Iti
Kirsty Lawrence | Waikato Times/Stuff – Force for Change
Andrea Vance | Stuff – Living in Silence
- Best first-person essay or feature
Nadine Anne Hura | The Spinoff – Listening to the silence: Those who don’t, can’t or won’t vote this election
Shelley Burne-Field | E-Tangata – The Grind of Racism
Ruby Heyward | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff – My father isn’t a work of fiction… He’s better
Craig Hoyle | Sunday Star-Times – Leaving the Exclusive Brethren: 10 years on
Veronica Schmidt | RNZ – I was filmed in a Kmart changing cubicle - Junior Feature Writer of the Year
Michael Andrew | The Spinoff
Katie Harris | NZ Herald/NZME
Joel MacManus | Dominion Post/Stuff
Stewart Sowman-Lund | The Spinoff
- Feature Writer of the Year (long-form)
Guyon Espiner | RNZ
Kate Evans | New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
David Fisher | NZ Herald/NZME
Dana Johannsen | Stuff
Mike White | Dominion Post, Sunday Star-Times/Stuff and North & South/Bauer Media - Feature Writer of the Year (short-form)
Nicholas Jones | NZ Herald/NZME
Kim Knight | Canvas, Weekend Herald/NZME
Matt Nippert | NZ Herald/NZME
Mike White | Dominion Post/Stuff and North & South/Bauer Media
Simon Wilson | NZ Herald/NZME
- Best artist/graphic design
Toby Morris | The Spinoff – Toby Morris’ collaborations with microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles
Newshub Design Team | Newshub/Discovery NZ – 2020 New Zealand Election
Stuff Interactives | Stuff – Starting Again, Deep Trouble, Labour Day
Stuff Circuit | Stuff – Emma, False Profit, The Ultimate Con
Abhi Topiwala | Sunday/TVNZ – ALO - Best columnist – business
Paul McBeth | BusinessDesk/Content Ltd
Tom Pullar-Strecker | Stuff
Maria Slade | The National Business Review
Pattrick Smellie | BusinessDesk/Content Ltd
Calida Stuart-Menteath | The National Business Review
- Best columnist – general
Derek Cheng | NZ Herald/NZME
Virginia Fallon | Stuff
Leonie Hayden | The Spinoff
Anna Rawhiti-Connell | newsroom.co.nz
- Best columnist – politics
Jehan Casinader | BusinessDesk/Content Ltd
Jane Clifton | New Zealand Listener/Are Media
John Roughan | NZ Herald/NZME
Pattrick Smellie | BusinessDesk/Content Ltd
Jenee Tibshraeny | interest.co.nz
Andrea Vance | Stuff
- Cartoonist of the Year
Rod Emmerson | NZ Herald/NZME
Toby Morris The | Spinoff
Sharon Murdoch | Stuff Media, Sunday Star-Times, Dominion Post/Stuff
Shaun Yeo | Otago Daily Times/Allied Press - Opinion Writer of the Year
Liam Dann | NZ Herald/NZME
Leonie Hayden | The Spinoff
Alison Mau | Stuff
Andrea Vance | Stuff
Simon Wilson | NZ Herald/NZME
- Reviewer of the Year
Sally Blundell | North & South/Bauer Media, Landfall Review Online and Academy of NZ Literature
Mark Broatch | New Zealand Listener/Are Media and Academy of NZ Literature
James Croot | Stuff
Charlotte Grimshaw | New Zealand Listener/Are Media and newsroom.co.nz
Diana Wichtel | New Zealand Listener/Are Media
- nib Health Journalism Scholarship – junior – sponsored by nib New Zealand
Adam Pearse | Northern Advocate/NZME
Zahra Shahtahmasebi | New Zealand Doctor | Rata Aotearoa
- nib Health Journalism Scholarship – senior – sponsored by nib New Zealand
Greg Bruce | NZ Herald/NZME
Jo Lines-MacKenzie | Waikato Times/Stuff
Hannah Martin | Stuff
Cecile Meier | Stuff - Editorial Executive of the Year – sponsored by ASB
Carmen Parahi | Stuff
Debbie Porteous | Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
Jane Skinner | Sunday/TVNZ
Todd Symons | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Nadia Tolich | NZ Herald/NZME
- Best magazine cover
Air Force News/Bluestar Publishing
Here/SFG Media
Metro Magazine/Metro Media Group
New Zealand Listener/Are Media - Best newsstand magazine
Here/SFG Media
Metro Magazine/Metro Media Group
New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
New Zealand Listener/Are Media - Best trade/professional magazine
Air Force News/Bluestar Publishing
New Zealand Doctor/Rata Aotearoa
NZ Dairy Exporter
- Best newspaper front page
Bay of Plenty Times/NZME
Herald on Sunday/NZME
NZ Herald/NZME
The Press/Stuff
- Best newspaper magazine
Canvas, Weekend Herald/NZME
Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times/Stuff
Travel, NZ Herald/NZME
Viva, NZ Herald/NZME
- Community Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by ASB
Gulf News/Pendragon Press
Mountain Scene/Allied Press
Oamaru Mail/Allied Press
The Star, Dunedin/Allied Press
Wairarapa Midweek/National Media
- Metropolitan Newspaper of the Year
Dominion Post/Stuff
The Press/Stuff
- Regional Newspaper of the Year
Bay of Plenty Times/NZME
Hawke’s Bay Today/NZME
Northern Advocate/NZME
Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
- Weekly Newspaper of the Year
The Weekend Press/Stuff
Weekend Herald/NZME
- Best photography – features, including portraits, fashion, food and architecture
Claire Eastham-Farrelly | RNZ
Richard Robinson | New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Chris Skelton | Stuff
Chris Weissenborn | Navy Today Magazine
David White | Stuff
- Best photography – news
John Cowpland | Alphapix and Stuff
Brett Phibbs | NZ Herald/NZME and New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
David Unwin | Manawatū Standard/Stuff
David White | Stuff
- Best photography – sport
Andrew Cornaga | Photosport
Hannah Peters | Getty Images
Brett Phibbs | PhibbsVisuals, Photosport, NZ Herald/NZME
- Best photo-story/essay
Michael Craig | Canvas Magazine, Weekend Herald/NZME
Cameron McLaren | New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Brett Phibbs | Photosport, NZ Herald/NZME, New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Richard Robinson | New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Lawrence Smith | Stuff
- Best photography – junior
Ryan Anderson | Stuff
Ricky Wilson | Stuff
- Photographer of the Year – sponsored by Canon
Mark Baker | Associated Press
John Cowpland | Alphapix, Stuff, Photosport
Iain McGregor | Stuff
Brett Phibbs | PhibbsVisuals, NZ Herald/NZME, Photosport, New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
David White | Stuff
- Best coverage of a major news event
Newshub/Discovery NZ with Michael Morrah – Covid-19 crisis
Newshub/Discovery NZ with Tova O’Brien – Election 2020: National’s leadership troubles
NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB/NZME – The Year of Covid
Stuff – Covid-19 Alert level 4 lockdown
Sunday/TVNZ with Jane Skinner – Covid-19 coverage - Best editorial campaign or project
Checkpoint/RNZ – Air New Zealand refunds
Chris Lynch, Newstalk ZB – Christchurch Hospital public parking
The Spinoff – Explaining Coronavirus – Dr Siouxsie Wiles and Toby Morris
RNZ – Here We Are
The Project/Discovery NZ – Love Grace
Northern Advocate/NZME – Our Hidden Homeless
Stuff – Our Truth: Tā Mātou Pono
- Best individual investigation
Guyon Espiner | RNZ – SIS Secrets Revealed
Kristin Hall | TVNZ – Weta Digital: World’s most beautiful toxic waste dump
Thomas Manch | Stuff – Mosque terrorist wrongly granted firearms licence
Michael Morrah | Newshub/Discovery NZ – Lack of testing for border workers
Jared Savage | NZ Herald/NZME – Gangs of New Zealand
Aaron Smale | newsroom.co.nz – Abuse, torture and a deep state campaign of denial
- Best team investigation – sponsored by NZ On Air
RNZ – NZ First donations
Stuff – Unwarranted
Sunday/TVNZ – I Can’t Breathe - Best reporting – crime and justice
Kurt Bayer | NZ Herald/NZME
Blair Ensor | The Press and Dominion Post/Stuff
Kirsty Johnston | Stuff and NZ Herald/NZME
Hamish McNeilly | The Press/Stuff
Tony Wall | Stuff
- Best reporting – environment
Alison Ballance | RNZ
Kate Evans | New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Eloise Gibson | Stuff
Farah Hancock | newsroom.co.nz
Ellen O’Dwyer | Waikato Times and Stuff
Olivia Wannan | Stuff
- Best reporting – general
Georgina Campbell | NZ Herald/NZME
Mark Crysell | Sunday/TVNZ
Tom Dillane | NZ Herald/NZME
- Best reporting – Māori affairs
Mihingarangi Forbes | The Hui/Great Southern Television and Newshub/Discovery NZ
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | RNZ
Florence Kerr | Stuff
Jody O’Callaghan | Stuff
Carmen Parahi | Stuff
- Best reporting – personal finance
Garth Bray | Fair Go, 1News.co.nz/TVNZ
Tamsyn Parker | NZ Herald/NZME
Rob Stock | Stuff
- Best reporting – social issues, including health and education
Vicki Anderson | The Press/Stuff
Nita Blake-Persen | RNZ
Patrick Gower | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Jamie Morton | NZ Herald/NZME
Lisa Owen | Checkpoint/RNZ
Susan Strongman | RNZ
Lynley Ward | NZ Herald/NZME
- Best reporting – travel
Thomas Bywater | NZ Herald/NZME
Michelle Langstone | NZ Herald/NZME
Nick Perry | Associated Press (published by NZ Herald and Stuff)
Lorna Thornber | Stuff.co.nz/Stuff
- Business Journalist of the Year
Nikki Macdonald | Sunday Star-Times, Dominion Post, stuff.co.nz/Stuff
Nikki Mandow | newsroom.co.nz
Matt Nippert | NZ Herald/NZME
Jenny Ruth | BusinessDesk/Content Ltd
Maria Slade | The National Business Review
- Community Journalist of the Year
Charles Anderson | Nelson Weekly
Jonty Dine | Nelson Weekly
Justin Latif | The Spinoff
- Political Journalist of the Year
Henry Cooke | Stuff
Amelia Jane Wade | NZ Herald/NZME
Jenna Lynch | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Matt Nippert | NZ Herald/NZME
Tova O’Brien | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Andrea Vance | Stuff - Regional Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Google News Initiative
Kurt Bayer NZ | Herald/NZME
Kiri Gillespie | Bay of Plenty Times/NZME
Robin Martin | RNZ
Samantha Olley | Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
- Science Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Science Media Centre
Naomi Arnold | New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media, The Spinoff
Kate Evans | New Zealand Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Charlie Mitchell | Stuff
Jamie Morton | NZ Herald/NZME
Susan Strongman | RNZ
- Sports Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Sky Sport
Dylan Cleaver | NZ Herald/NZME
Dana Johannsen | Stuff
Suzanne McFadden | newsroom.co.nz
Ollie Ritchie | Newshub/Discovery NZ
- Student Journalist of the Year – sponsored by News Publishers’ Association
Ruby Heyward | Stuff
Ella Stewart | RNZ
Louise Ternouth | RNZ
Steven Walton | The Press/Stuff
Sherry Zhang | The Spinoff
- Junior Reporter of the Year – sponsored by Asia Media Centre
Charlotte Cook | RNZ
Josephine Franks | Stuff
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | RNZ
Kethaki Masilamani | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Samantha Olley | Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
Mackenzie Smith | RNZ
Mandy Te Dominion | Post/Stuff
- Broadcast Reporter of the Year – sponsored by NZ On Air
Mark Crysell | Sunday/TVNZ
Patrick Gower | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Miriama Kamo | Sunday/TVNZ
Tova O’Brien | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Melanie Reid | newsroom.co.nz
- Reporter of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
Dileepa Fonseka | newsroom.co.nz
Alison Mau | Stuff
Carmen Parahi | Stuff
Jared Savage | NZ Herald/NZME
Dean Taylor | Te Awamutu Courier/NZME and Waipā Post
- Best breaking news video – sponsored by NZ On Air
Newshub Late team/Discovery NZ – Auckland August Lockdown
Stuff with Jason Dorday – Police dog shot
TVNZ with Thomas Mead and Jared McCulloch – Southland Floods
- Best documentary/series – sponsored by NZ On Air
Stuff Circuit/Stuff – Emma
Stuff Circuit/Stuff – False Profit
Prime – Help Is On The Way
Stuff – Munted
Newshub/Discovery NZ and Ruckus – Patrick Gower: On Lockdown - Best current affairs/series– sponsored by NZ On Air
Sunday/TVNZ – Brothers
Sunday/TVNZ – I Can’t Breathe
Sunday/TVNZ – Stan’s Story
Newshub/Discovery NZ – The Euthanasia Question
Te Ao with MOANA/Māori Television – The Long Reach; Once Were Gangsters; Police Belly Up - Best feature video – sponsored by NZ On Air
Nick Monro | RNZ – Boy with disability living in garage, family waits on Housing NZ
Claire Eastham-Farrelly | RNZ – Generation Next: Mez & Mahlete
Ryan Anderson | Stuff – NZ is Closed
Abigail Dougherty | Stuff – The Mystery of Mrs Muir
- Video Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Canon
Sam Kelway | 1 News/TVNZ
Iain McGregor | Stuff
Mike Scott | NZ Herald/NZME
Chris Skelton | Stuff
Rosa Woods | Dominion Post and Stuff
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